1997 Banbridge District Council election

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21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)

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All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	UUP	SDLP	DUP
Seats won	9	3	3
Seat change	1	0	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Ind. Nationalist	Alliance
Seats won	2	0
Seat change	1	1

Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1997^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	9	0	1	1	52.9	52.4	8,408	5.2
SDLP	3	0	0	0	17.6	17.9	2,870	4.8
DUP	3	1	0	1	17.6	15.3	2,454	1.8
Ind. Nationalist	2	1	0	1	11.8	9.3	1,501	4.9
Alliance	0	0	1	1	0.0	5.1	822	3.3
Ind. Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	289	1.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1997
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
UUP	SDLP	DUP	Alliance	Others
Banbridge Town	54.3	3	10.4	1	11.3	1	8.2	0	15.8	1	6
Dromore	57.8	3	15.4	1	16.4	1	4.3	0	6.1	0	5
Knockiveagh	43.3	3	26.8	1	18.4	1	0.0	0	11.5	1	6
Total	52.4	9	17.9	3	15.3	3	5.1	0	9.3	2	17

Districts results

Banbridge Town

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: DUP and Independent Nationalist gain from UUP and Alliance

Banbridge Town - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Joan Baird*	28.00%	1,438
	Ind. Nationalist	James Walsh*	15.75%	809
	UUP	William Bell	11.72%	602	773.99
	UUP	Derick Bell	7.59%	390	729.08	730.88	752.44
	SDLP	Mel Byrne	10.40%	534	536.94	577.34	577.45	577.45	771.45
	DUP	Cyril Vage	11.31%	581	639.31	641.41	644.6	646.3	675.26
	UUP	Ian Burns*	6.99%	359	460.92	462.02	472.47	487.47	571.21
	Alliance	Frank McQuaid*	8.24%	423	444.56	469.96	472.05	473.15
Electorate: 10,351 Valid: 5,136 (49.62%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 734 Turnout: 5,215 (50.38%)

Dromore

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change

Dromore - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	William McCracken*	28.77%	1,358
	UUP	Thomas Gribben	14.13%	667	919.84
	UUP	William Martin*	15.02%	709	876.16
	DUP	David Herron*	16.31%	770	836.36
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott*	15.44%	729	732.78	735.98	816.98
	Ind. Unionist	Robert Hill	6.06%	286	349	467.8	539.36
	Alliance	Julian Crozier	4.28%	202	209.98	218.78
Electorate: 8,457 Valid: 4,721 (55.82%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,787 (56.60%)

Knockiveagh

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change

Knockiveagh - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	John Ingram*	18.22%	1,129
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	17.80%	1,103
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	15.26%	946
	UUP	John Hanna*	12.89%	799	862.14	900.14
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	10.83%	671	844.14	880.78	1,082.03
	Ind. Nationalist	Malachy McCartan	11.16%	692	694.42	769.64	781.64	799.64
	SDLP	Oliver Moore	10.66%	661	661.22	692.22	694.22	697.72
	Alliance	Mary Cook	3.18%	197	200.52
Electorate: 9,460 Valid: 6,198 (65.52%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 886 Turnout: 6,273 (66.31%)

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